A family conflict ensues after Owen, the youngest of the proud military family Wingrave, expected to continue the family tradition and become a soldier, rejects violence and war and proclaims himself a pacifist.
Benjamin Luxon
Owen Wingrave
John Shirley-Quirk
Spencer Coyle
Nigel Douglas
Lechmere
Sylvia Fisher
Miss Wingrave
Heather Harper
Mrs. Coyle
Jennifer Vyvyan
Mrs. Julian
Janet Baker
Kate Julian
Peter Pears
General Sir Philip Wingrave / Col. Wingrave and Ghost / Narrator
Stephen Hattersley
Young Wingrave boy and Ghost
Colin Graham
Director
Brian Large
John Culshaw
Executive Producer
Benjamin Britten
Music
David Myerscough-Jones
Production Design
Charles Knode
Costume Design
Shirley Boakes
Makeup Department Head
Graham Haines
Sound
Hubert Cartwright
Lighting Director
Steuart Bedford
Conductor
Russell Burgess
Music Director
Kenneth Sillito
Orchestrator